SOLUTION: A rectangle is 3 times longer than it is wide. What is the perimeter of the rectangle?
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Question 1171778: A rectangle is 3 times longer than it is wide. What is the perimeter of the rectangle?
Answer by Boreal(15235) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
width=x
length=3x
their sum is 4x and is the half-perimeter
8x is the perimeter
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Draw it
2 widths of x each (2x total)
2 lengths of 3x each (6x total)
8x
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